Definitions for ears

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ears ear

Spelling: [eer]

IPA: /ɪər/

Ears is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in ears (aers).

Definitions for ears

noun

1. the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
2. the external ear alone:
3. the sense of hearing:
4. keen or sensitive perception of the differences of sound, especially sensitiveness to the quality and correctness of musical sounds:
5. attention; heed:
6. any part that resembles or suggests an ear in position or form, as the handle of a teacup.
7. Architecture. crossette.
8. Journalism. a small box in either upper corner of a newspaper page, usually the front page or split page, containing the name of or a symbol for the edition, a weather bulletin, a slogan, or the like.
9. Furniture. a decorative feature at the upper end of a leg. one of the decorative features at each end of a crest rail.
10. ears, Slang. earphones.
11. ear tuft.
12. the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.

Idioms

1. be all ears, Informal. to give all one's attention; listen:
2. bend an ear, to listen attentively:
3. bend someone's ear, Informal. to talk to someone uninterruptedly and often so as to induce boredom:
4. by ear, without reference to written or printed music:
5. fall on deaf ears, to be disregarded; pass unheeded:
6. give ear, to pay attention; listen carefully. Also, lend an ear.
7. go in one ear and out the other, to be heard but ignored; be put out of mind:
8. have / keep one's ear to the ground, to keep well-informed about current trends; be shrewd or astute:
9. have one's ears on, Slang. to be listening to a CB radio, police radio, walkie-talkie, etc.
10. pin someone's ears back, Slang. to give a person a sound beating; defeat a person utterly:
11. set by the ears, to cause to dispute or quarrel:
12. set on one's ear / ears, to excite or stir up; shock; amaze:
13. turn a deaf ear to, to refuse to listen to or consider (a request, petition, etc.):
14. up to one's ears, deeply involved or occupied to full capacity:
15. wet behind the ears. wet (def 19).

verb (used with object)

1. to plow; cultivate.

verb (used without object)

1. to form or put forth ears.

Origin of ears

before 900; Middle English ere, Old English ēare; cognate with Old Norse eyra, German Ohr, Gothic auso, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, Greek oûs

Examples for ears

Yet the voice of Plato would be pleasant to my ears, as music on the waters in the night-time.

He distrusted his eyes, his ears, and every sense that he possessed.

In the show, Sharp has Christopher rock back and forth, groaning, his hands over his ears.

He was then literally slapped around by the high priest, who pulled on his ears in an effort to produce tears.

I walked home alone, in the dark, all the unseen voices of that evening still ringing in my ears.

"With neither," a great prophet thundered in the ears of the people.

If your ears are tired of slick auto-tuned vocals, pick up this disk for an aural detox.

Andy heard, for his ears were sharpened: "I thought for a minute—But it does look like him!"

The giant bear flicked his ears and, with unmistakable restraint, swung away and disappeared into the trees.

They were much amused at my watch ticking, and all wanted to put their ears to hear it.